Chapter 2655 - 2588: I Make the Rules, Part 2

It’s naturally impossible to catch anything, this clear water, this rushing water, this icy cold water, maybe there are some tiny, pointed fish hidden in the crevices of rocks; just now Bai Shan and the others were having fun catching those tiny fish.

A group of young people sat side by side on the grass watching the floating bait sway with the current, then they turned their heads in unison to look at the emperor and the adults sitting above on small stools, all of whom were holding their fishing rods with full concentration, staring ahead.

Changyu was a bit restless, shifting her fishing rod around, and quietly asking Wei Yu, "Do you think there’s a chance they might catch some fish in the big water pool in front of father?"

Wei Yu glanced over and simply said, "At least better than us."

Their fishing lines were still drifting along with the current.

Bai Shan quietly stood up with his fishing rod, tugged at Manbao, and the two of them stealthily stood up and walked downstream along the water flow.

Seeing this, Yin Huo also got up with his fishing rod, not caring if it would hang onto a rock as he went down.

Bai Erlang saw this and immediately pulled on Mingda’s hand to follow them.

However, Mingda held him back, hushed him with a whispered "Wait a while more."

After a while, the two of them also quietly left.

Changyu’s eyes were brimming with tears, wanting to follow them but somewhat worriedly looking up at the emperor above, feeling a bit too scared to leave.

Wei Yu didn’t dare to leave either.

The two honest individuals squatted alone on the grass for quite a while, until eventually, Mingda couldn’t bear it anymore, quietly returned, pulled her sister along, and brought her down together.

The emperor saw with the corner of his eye, shook his head slightly, and said to Wei Zhi, "My Changyu is timid, why is your Wei Yu also so timid?"

Wei Zhi smiled slightly and replied, "Isn’t that just right? Honest person paired with honest person, Your Majesty has an excellent eye."

Without the big shots watching over them, Bai Shan and the others felt much more at ease knowing they probably wouldn’t catch any fish, so they placed their fishing rods on the bank, casually found a stone to press them down, and went off to play.

Changyu said, "You guys are really bold, father and the elders are still up there."

Mingda said, "Father won’t mind."

She mimicked Bai Erlang by picking up a stone and tossing it into the water, curiously asking, "How did you make it splash?"

Bai Erlang taught her hand-to-hand, "Aim a bit lower like this..."

Manbao lifted her skirt and went to the side to pull up a bunch of long grasses and branches, soon bringing back an armful and dropping it in front of Bai Shan, happily saying, "You make a fish trap."

The three of them all could make simple fish traps, but none of them as sturdy as Bai Shan’s; actually, the best was Daji.

Bai Erlang commented, "It would be great if Daji were here."

Bai Shan responded briskly, "You think everyone is as idle as you? Daji has a lot to do back at the yard."

Bai Shan carefully started to weave, Yin Huo curiously sat by watching, "You know how to do this too?"

Manbao proudly said, "My second brother taught me, I can do it too, just not as well as he does."

Wei Yu couldn’t help but ask, "Why did you learn to do this?"

"To catch fish," Manbao explained, "There’s a river in our village, every year at late autumn and early winter when the river water is low, we can go down the river to catch fish."

"However, this type of fish trap doesn’t catch much, we have fishing nets at home, just open them and walk upstream to catch a lot of fish."

Bai Erlang said, "Every year their family catches the most fish, even if I call all my servants to help, we can’t catch as much as they do."

Manbao proudly replied, "Naturally, my brothers are all experts at net fishing."

Changyu said, "But there are no fish in this river, didn’t you say there were none?"

Mingda tugged her and laughed, "There will be soon."

Indeed, there were soon.

Before long, they saw a giant fish flipping and tumbling downstream with the current.

Changyu was dumbfounded, and Wei Yu was also stunned, while the others all brightened up, Manbao kicked off her shoes with one foot and lifted her skirt, about to go into the water, but Bai Shan grabbed her, "You’re not well, don’t catch a chill, I’ll go."

This water was indeed very cold.

Bai Shan took off his shoes and socks, tucked up his robes, and went down the water with a fish trap, Bai Erlang followed enthusiastically.

Wei Yu was also tempted, secretly looked upstream, saw they were far enough away and there were trees in between that blocked the view, so he also took off his shoes and socks and went down the river.

This was a small stream flowing downstream, not too deep, with mostly rocks and sand at the bottom, very little mud.

So stepping in wasn’t dirty.

The large fish that floated downstream got caught behind a large rock, gathering strength amid the splashing water to jump out.

Bai Shan stood below without moving, planning to catch it when it came down, but Bai Erlang couldn’t wait, so he carefully walked over, saw it struggling in the water pool behind the big rock, then reached out and grabbed it, the slippery fish went right into his hand.

He couldn’t help but shout in excitement, "I caught it——"

The emperor who was above enticing the trapped fish in the large water pool heard this, got up and looked down, though the stream curved downward and trees obscured the view between them.

But the emperor still saw Bai Erlang standing in the river.

Bai Erlang laughed wildly and madly, Manbao couldn’t take it, Yin Huo then bent down to pick up a stone for her.

Manbao took it, aimed at his side water pool, and threw it, splashing water in his face, he couldn’t help but close his eyes, his movements became less accurate, so the fish flicked its tail and jumped out of his hand, fell straight into the stream, wiggling its tail before disappearing downstream...

Manbao pointed and shouted, "Bai Shan, catch it, catch it, hurry and catch it..."

Its movement wasn’t hindered by Zhou Man, so it went straight into Wei Yu’s arms, but Wei Yu was catching fish for the first time, somewhat inexperienced, after catching it, it slipped out of his hands, so it smoothly slid down between his legs, with everyone’s eyes on it, swaying its tail beautifully before vanishing in the flowing stream.

Changyu couldn’t help but scream, "Ah ah... Wei Yu, how could you be so clumsy, you let it escape even when you had caught it."

Wei Yu said, "It’s too slippery..."

Bai Shan taught him, "Once you catch it, throw it to the bank, don’t worry, there will be more."

"There it is, more coming down, still two more!"

"Quick, quick, catch them!"

The three women, Mingda among them, immediately ran to the water’s edge, eagerly watching them, even Yin Huo stood by the water, itching to go in himself, only Changshou kept holding his sleeve tightly, not allowing him to go.

Yin Huo knew his own body’s limits, just feeling a bit tempted.

Bai Erlang stood on the highest ground, he first caught one, but this time he wasn’t smug, after catching it, he just tightly grasped it, took two steps, and when it was about to slip away, he threw it to the bank...

"Wow, caught it, caught it..."

"Bai Shan also caught one in his net, oh my, here comes another one..."

Meanwhile the emperor and everyone upstream still hadn’t got anything: ...